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The 2026 European Hillclimb Championship will conclude in Buzet, Croatia, with the 45th running of the event in the Istrian region. The approximately 5 km course is expected to attract a strong international field competing across multiple prototype and touring car categories. Among the headline contenders, French driver Kevin Petit will pilot a Nova NP 01-2 C Honda Turbo in pursuit of the overall title. He faces stiff competition from Spanish rival Joseba Iraola Lanzagorta, also in a Nova NP 01-2 C Honda Turbo, and Czech driver Petr Trnka in the same machinery. North Macedonian Igor Stefanovski will contest his second outing in a Nova NP 01-2 C Honda Turbo. In Proto Class 2, Italian hillclimb veteran Fausto Bormolini will campaign a Wolf GB08 Mistral Aurobay Turbo. Spanish competitor Jose Antonio Alonso Liste brings a Tatuus F3 T-318 Alpine, while Slovenian driver Vladimir Stankovic will race a Wolf GB08 Thunder Aprilia. Czech driver David Dedek enters a Nova NP 03 C Ducati, and Kosovar Bardhyl Canolli will debut a Radical SR8 RSX RPE. Hungarian legend Laszlo Szasz makes his first appearance with a Reynard 2KL Zytek F3000, while Italian Simone Feroleto will drive an Osella PA 20/S BMW and Croatian Filip Magdic a Gibson Nemesis RME Honda Turbo. In Proto Class 3, Italian Antonino Migliuolo arrives as defending champion in his category after clinching the title at Ilirska Bistrica, piloting a Nova NP 03 Aprilia. Fellow Italian Francesco Ballarini makes his debut in the class with an identical Nova NP 03 Aprilia. South Italian Giovanni Lisi will race a Wolf GB08 Thunder Aprilia, and Albanian Gentjan Shaqiri competes in a Tatuus Formel Master S2000 Honda. Proto Class 4 features Czech driver Lukas Studeny in a Ligier JS51 Honda as a leading contender. Compatriot Karel Berger will race an Osella PA21 JrB Suzuki, Czech driver Tereza Machova a Norma M20F Honda, and Serbian Uros Brkic an Osella PA 21 Evo Honda K24. The touring car field includes Swiss driver Reto Meisel in a Mercedes Benz SLK 340 Judd. Croatian Domagoj Perekovic brings a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9, Bulgarian Nikolay Zlatkov an Audi S1 Pikes Peak Quattro, and Slovenian veteran Milan Bubnic a Lancia Delta Integrale. Polish driver Szymon Piekos competes in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8, Czech Lukas Keller a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 AMS, Croatian Dejan Dimitrijevic a Seat Leon R32 Proto, Croatian Maro Slade a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10, and Slovenian Janko Medved a Subaru Impreza MRC.

Sanremo will host a concentrated rally festival from 14–18 October, bringing together five separate competitions across modern, historic and electric categories. Registration for all events in the western Liguria region opened on 16 September and closes on 9 October. The headline event is the 73rd Sanremo Rallye, running 17–18 October over roads in the Ponente Ligure. It serves as the final round of the Italian National Rally Championship (CIAR-Sparco) and the 13th round of the European Rally Trophy (ERT), which will conclude two events later in Germany. On the same weekend, the 27th Rally delle Palme will start and finish in Bordighera on 18 October, counting towards the regional Zone Rally Cup. A special stage on Porto Sole seafront is scheduled for Saturday afternoon 17 October. Historic rallying will run in parallel with the 41st Sanremo Rally Storico (17–18 October), the eighth and final round of both the Italian Historic Rally Championship (CIRAS) and the FIA European Historic Rally Championship (EHRC). The 40th Coppa dei Fiori regularity event will also take place, largely over the same roads, as the final round of the Italian Historic Rally Regularity Championship (CIRAR). A new addition is the inaugural Sanremo Rally Electric, a single-model speed rally for ADAC-Opel Mokka Cup entries running 16–18 October. The all-electric Opel vehicles will compete against the clock on Ponente Ligure stages, marking what organisers describe as a potential milestone for alternative-energy motorsport. Together, the five competitions will determine champions across Italian and European categories while drawing top national and continental drivers to the Riviera.

The 11th edition of the Slalom Curinghese will take place on 24–25 October on the Provincial Road 114 between Acconia and Curinga in Calabria, Italy. Organised by Lamezia Motorsport, the event serves as the national finale of the Italian Hillclimb Championship (Trofeo d'Italia Slalom) and counts towards the Calabria Hillclimb Challenge. Preparations are underway on both the administrative and track fronts to ensure competitive racing conditions and spectator comfort. The event traditionally attracts top drivers from across Italy and draws significant local support, with the surrounding region mobilising to welcome competitors, families and visitors. The Curinga hillclimb is known for close competition and has become a fixture on the national calendar. Entry details and documentation will be published on the organiser's website at www.lameziamotorsport.it as registrations open.

Nearly 60 crews, including 21 competing in historic cars, have entered the 70th Wisła Rally (18–19 September), the season finale of Poland's KIQ Rally Car Championship. The championship battle will go down to the wire, with all four drivers still mathematically capable of claiming the title. Adrian Rzeźnik and Kamil Kozdroń lead the standings on 138 points, just one point ahead of Jarosław Szeja and Marcin Szeja on 137. The outcome will be decided across 13 asphalt special stages totalling 112.94 km in the Beskid Mountains. The championship fight is tightly bunched. Łukasz Byśkiniewicz and Łukasz Jastrzębski sit third with 124 points, while Jarosław Kołtun and Ireneusz Pleskot are fourth on 111 points—a 27-point gap to the leaders. The final round carries a 1.5 multiplier on championship points, meaning victory is worth 45 points plus a bonus five for the Power Stage, totalling 50 points available. Both Rzeźnik and Szeja can secure the title with an outright win regardless of Power Stage results. For Byśkiniewicz to win the championship, both drivers ahead must finish outside the top two, while Kołtun faces the steepest climb, needing to overhaul more than 27 points. The Rally3 class features eight cars split evenly between Renault Clio Rally3 and Ford Fiesta Rally3 machinery. Michał Chorbiński and Adam Chrzanowski lead on 140 points, with Jakub Ulanowski five points behind on 135. In the 2WD category, Dariusz Poloński and Łukasz Sitek in a Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 hold a commanding 47-point advantage over Sergiusz Janowski and Krzysztof Grzenia, needing just three points to secure the title. The historic championship will also conclude at Wisła, with 17 of 21 registered crews competing for points. Paweł Molgo and Michał Jucewicz lead in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V on 120 points, ahead of Janusz Suś and Marek Jarosz in a BMW M3 E30 on 104 points. The rally begins Friday with a test stage and opening ceremony at 15:00 in Wisła's amphitheatre, followed by six special stages. Saturday features seven stages culminating in the Power Stage at 16:01, with the awards ceremony at 20:00.

Fanatec has unveiled a new ClubSport F1 racing bundle, which succeeds the previous ClubSport Racing Wheel F1 offering. The bundle is built around the latest F1 V3 steering wheel, marking an update to the manufacturer's Formula 1-focused sim racing hardware lineup.

Quentin Warman secured his first career victory in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series on Tuesday night at Texas Motor Speedway, denying both Seth DeMerchant and defending champion Steven Wilson in a dramatic three-wide finish. The Qualifying Series standout lined up third for the final restart and executed a decisive move through Turns 1 and 2 to edge ahead of both rivals and claim the win in his 29th career start. Warman's breakthrough came in a race where the postseason picture remained fluid heading into the final laps. With three Championship 4 Finale spots still available and one race remaining, the field endured five cautions that repeatedly shuffled the running order. Wilson, already locked into the finale via his Michigan victory two weeks prior, led 25 laps but ultimately fell short in his bid to repeat his late-race heroics. DeMerchant finished second, 0.081 seconds behind, while Tucker Minter of William Byron eSports claimed third and kept his own Championship 4 hopes alive. The race featured multiple turning points in the battle for playoff positioning. Parker White and Vicente Salas both suffered late-race damage in a collision with Michael Cosey Jr and were forced into must-win scenarios at Kansas Speedway next week, finishing 38th and 39th respectively. Casey Kirwan of Kansas City Pioneers also struggled throughout, pitting early and later getting caught up in contact with Femi Olatunbosun, further complicating his path to the finale. With Warman's victory, he becomes the 71st different winner in eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series history and the second first-time winner of the 2026 season, joining Garrett Manes who won at Daytona. Warman elevated himself to 11th in the overall standings, positioning himself 69 points clear of the relegation line with two races remaining. At Kansas next week, at least two drivers will lock into the Championship 4 on points, with a potential third if none of the contenders secure a win.

The Open Formula Series will resume racing at Anneau du Rhin in Alsace on 19–20 September following the summer break. The circuit hosts the series for a second consecutive year, building on a previous visit in 2025. The fast and technical layout of the Alsatian track has proven popular with the grid, prompting organisers to schedule a return fixture. The September event marks the series' autumn restart after the traditional mid-season pause.

The 2026 Polish Touring Car Championship and Polish Endurance Championship seasons will conclude this weekend at Tor Poznań, with organisers reporting over 250 entries across all supporting series—a record turnout for the event. The finale combines the domestic championship rounds with the final event of the Baltic Touring Car Championship (BaTCC), a collaboration that has been running for several years. Many Polish drivers recently competed abroad in the BaTCC round at Pärnu in Estonia and will now return home to contest the Poznań finale. More than two-thirds of all entries are from Poland, with strong grids expected across the fastest GT and prototype classes as well as the touring car divisions. The LMP3 Ligier battle between Tomasz Dyszkiewicz and Filip Sterczewski has dominated recent rounds, and will intensify with the arrival of Maciej Marcinkiewicz in a third identical prototype. Close behind will be Jacek Zielonka in a Radical SR3 and GT3 competitors including Mariusz Nierychlewski, who returns to his Audi R8 LMS after rebuilding it following a serious accident in June, and Przemysław Bieńkowski in a Mercedes-AMG GT3. Drivers from Lithuania and Latvia will also contest the GT3 and Lamborghini Huracán classes, with international competition expected throughout the lower categories. The RN2 class is experiencing a resurgence after losing entries to the rival R-Sport Cup earlier in the season. Over 10 cars are now entered, including a Toyota Yaris RN2 driven by Szymon Horodeński, marking the first appearance of that model in circuit racing. The supporting series are equally well-supported: nine Porsche 911s in the Porsche 4F Cup, 18 MINI Coopers in the R-Sport Cup, and 20 cars across the 3 Series Cup, where Wojciech Smorawiński returns to contest the race named after his grandfather Adam. With total entries exceeding the circuit's homologation limit, race director Sebastian Urbaniak confirmed that organisers are exploring solutions to avoid qualifying drivers out of the championship-deciding races. The most likely scenario involves running separate races for the Polish Endurance Championship and BaTCC, though a final decision has not yet been made. The schedule is expected to begin on Friday to accommodate the separate BMW Cup round.

TC Esports has moved to the brink of qualifying for the Rennsport R1 Final following a dominant performance in the fall season. The team is on course to become the first competitor to secure a place at the championship decider, scheduled to take place at SimRacing Expo in October.

Nine-time Italian hillclimb champion Omar Magliona is set to resume competition after a month away, entering the Italian Mountain Speed Championship at the 42nd Pedavena Croce d'Aune event on 20 September in the Veneto region. Based in Sassari, Magliona will pilot an NP03 for the weekend's hillclimb, which holds a strong reputation within the Italian time attack calendar. The event marks his return to active racing in the national championship series.

The 45th Buzetski Dani will conclude the 2026 FIA European Hill Climb Championship on 19–20 September. The Croatian hillclimb event will host the tenth and final round of the continental series, with 54 competitors entered in the EHC category alongside a total field of 242 participants across all classes. The season finale carries particular significance for Italian competitors, with Antonino Migliuolo among those contending for honours in the championship's closing event.

Nine-time Italian hillclimb champion Omar Magliona will make his comeback to competition this weekend at the 42nd Pedavena Croce d'Aune, a historic climb in the Veneto region that forms part of the Italian Mountain Velocity Championship (CIVM). The Sardinian driver, absent from racing for over a month, will tackle the event on 20 September piloting a Nova Proto NP03 powered by an Aprilia engine and prepared by Dalmazia Motorsport, competing in the sportscar category with motorcycle-derived engines. Magliona has a strong record at Pedavena, having won the outright category twice previously in 2016 and 2018. This year's course is shorter than in those victories but remains technically demanding. The driver will experience the climb for the first time in the NP03, which will arrive at the circuit on Friday for technical scrutineering. Official practice runs are scheduled for Saturday from 09:00, comprising two timed ascents of the 4,404-metre course that climbs along the SP 473 from Via Trento to Pian D'Auna with an average gradient of 7.81 per cent. Race day on Sunday 20 September begins at 09:00 with two competitive runs. Magliona's entry follows a mixed season so far: the team secured victory at the Trofeo Scarfiotti at Sarnano Sassotetto in August, but encountered difficulties at the Svolte di Popoli event, where the car underwent additional checks after completing only practice sessions. The driver expressed confidence ahead of the weekend, stating the team has work to complete with Dalmazia Motorsport but aims to perform well as preparation for the remainder of the season.